The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1887-02-10
fHE EDITORJ DESK.

OF Interest Now Befos the Peopl4
Indiana again has twoD democrats il he
I. S Senate. We rejoieIthat the Il is.
lature elected Hon. Davi Turpin S. iaor
over Ben Harrison. Republican, by h,te
of ,6 to a. Thisis 81 b and yet II y
say" Cleveland is killing The party.
Representative Reagan was elected
:. Senator from Texas oRsthe 31st ballt.
The vote stood 81 for Reagan. AL br
Maxey, and 3 for Eoberts. He is sty
able man and is especially interested n
the Inter States Railroad Commission Bil.
We have read Of wamen marrying iyil5
men, marrying by telegraph and teleE hoI
and almost every othe? way in which tn
dear creatures can become tied to mar
but the recent marriage Of a Miss Van
Standt to the Anarchist Spies, his brother
acting as proxy, is the most wonderful
This was consummattd n Chicago last
week. Spies was in jail; the female frank
sought notoriety by marrying him; Spies
brother helped the fool business "a by
acting as proxy and the papers ale full
of it and sensible people are disguised.
The Republican party. SO far, b the
lower house, has shown no disposition OF
ability 10 handle the great questions which
agita e the people, of the State q Gems
boro North State Rep
Ana i, Is safe i say that in the remain
der Of the session they will not show any
more disposition 40 handle the great
questions As to liability" to handle
them we'll they hav'nt sufficient supply
unless they do like the rich old fellow did
for his girl buy capacity The entire
;, ssion, 50 far as the Republican leader:
could control it, has been devoted to I
di,cussion of the mos partizan klud o
partizan politics, and they have not los
sight Of party IN any single question tha
has been before the House The Mort
State is right-the Republican leaders i
the louise have done nothing o help th
people. If their crime stopped there, W
could offer the excuse of not knowing bel
ter But they not onN have done nothln
themselves but they hive wasted the tim
in unmeaning talk anG gabble and prevent
ed the Demo rats flom doing what tn
best interest Of the State required shout
be done. They have n the main arraye'
themselves against wbe legislation.
In the party there nave been some ex
ceptions to the rule, put they are few i
number and have boen weak il influence
The criticism of tie North State, tn
recognized speaker FOR the Republican
party, is Just and we'll timed.
INTERSTATE COMMERCE BILL.
What Senator German Says Will be 1t
Effect.
In view of the passage of the Liter Stat
Commerce Billand the agitatiolsof a Rail
rad Commission in North Carlina, tn,
CHRONICLE thinks the following facts abOu
the Inter State Commerce bill viii have {
peculiar interest TO our people. Dur peo
pie know that senator Vance stMngly ia
sored the Interstate bill. Some lays age
a reporter interviewed Senator Gt-man Oh
the law and ho.spoke as follows:
What do Ithink Of the effec of the
bill upon the country The biz as a
whole, is an excellent one. 1t ny tenn
porally have a disquieting effect On bust
ness, but in tie end must prove Of great
benefit to the public, and to the ranspor-
tation Interest," as we'll Much depend:
upon the selections that the President VII
make for the Commissioners vino are Il
enforce the act. | assume that the boar
he will select will interpret and enforc
the law so as 10 secure to the public tn
advantages intended by the trainers of tn
BILL without attempting to hndulv hampe
the common carriers. On the other hant
,the railroads can do much towards pre-
venting undue friction if they accept tt
act in good faith, and do not attempt
paralyze trade simply for the purpose
making the law odious."
The bill is not perfect, and no leglsl
ton of this character in any State 10 Il
Union or under any foreign governme
has at the outset, been perfect. Englan
France and Germany have all been COZ
PEELED to modify the various laws pass
TO regulate corporations. and it Is prob
BILE we will. Sut the main features
this law were absolutely necessary to pr
tect the public. They are:
First. That rates shall be reasonao
second. That they shall be unifor'
Third. That they shall be nonpreft
entiai. Rebates, drawbacks, or conceal
devices which produce discrimination.
prohibited. -,
Fourth. That their rates shall be pu
lic
,sTbese provisions are so manifestlY ju
that there is not a railroad man, no ma
ter how bidebound, who does not adm
rheir Justice. T9ey all claim that Il
through rates arl how reasonable; they {
uniform. that faGored shippers have grow
I'D in every comnanity goes without sa
ing: that every Merchant and consum
shoI,ld be on eouAtty with his neighbOr
to rates for the tame KIND OF service
one questions, a4i If there were hotm
else in the bill It'd public would be great
s,soatited To ei.ble the commission
enforce uniform Rates, the raliroaus
required TO maketheir rates public.
t.But what of be long and short ha
1,rovis,on and hk will it affect Baltlm'
and the State of 4aryland.'
The committk that drafted the
and the active 4pporters of it in be
branches of Con2ess interpreted the S
ton to mean tilt a railroad cOmp6
wb;cb charges S,t for carload of gr
from CHICAGO to Altinore, which is abb
,ine hundred mid. shall not charge N
than 300 for a He carload Of grain fr
wheeling to Ralmore, say distance
fonr hundred mies. 1t is true there
ONO ambiguity b the section known
% abe long and brt haul clause bn
nave @ no doubt til Commissioners will
ternret naru TT it as did lenetor Cullum, who